1 Kings 16:7-9

New English Translation

⁷ And so it was the Lord’s message came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his family.^[a] This was because of all the evil he had done in the Lord’s view, by angering him with his deeds and becoming like Jeroboam’s dynasty,^[b] and because of how he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty.^[c]

Elah’s Reign over Israel

⁸ In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha’s son Elah became king over Israel; he ruled in Tirzah for two years. ⁹ His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was in Tirzah drinking heavily^[d] at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,